Jason Bell’s star portraits

As the Royal Family grows in size, two of Britain’s three monarchs in waiting have effectively been rebranded by one of the world’s very best portraitists.

Images, and particularly portraits (as we are reminded by those of princesses past), can imply a great deal. And in the case of the British royal family, an institution that by long-established tradition under no circumstances ever discusses itself, they remain of paramount significance. So who is Jason Bell, and how did he reach this position in the hierarchy of British portraitists?

London-born Bell, 44, has come a very long way since graduating in politics, …read more